A Patchwork of Crafts

Another cover kit beckoned with a centre start required there was little choice but to begin with the white  in this instance.   This p...

After finishing Mint Tulip there was still some of the tulip curtain material left. As I was folding it away my mother commented it would...

My friend gave me a kit for making a bird ornament, I think it came with something free and did not appeal to her.  I am as previously note...

and here it is done.

All that is left to do is the section requiring stash thread (yes because I did not read the instructions) and the backstitching, which is g...

now there is a question that applies to the cross stitching. So do you do it last, so that there is less chance of it getting grubby whil...

Managed all of the purple cross stitches with the thread in the kit, even though using double by mistake, I will need the stash for the dark...

I had to get a needle to sew a button or 4 on a coat (not even my coat however, sometimes stitching of a more prosaic nature is required) an...

not a lot of progress today, as you can see. However, I do have a good reason, I was making a copy of a marriage certificate. Now don...

Occasionally I see posts by stitchers on Facebook about running out of thread from a kit.  That there has not been enough included of one s...